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“No.” Her eyes filled, but she did not look away. “It was Mom’s. It doesn’t belong to you. It doesn’t belong to Dad. It doesn’t belong to him.” She nodded at Henry. “And it doesn’t belong to us just because we’re the ones left standing near it.”
Ruth watched her with a strange kind of pride.
Evelyn placed the watch on the glass table.
The gold surface reflected the chandelier above it.
“I want to know what happened,” she said. “All of it. Even the parts that make us look bad.”
Mark shifted slightly near the fireplace.
“That will be difficult,” he said.
Evelyn gave him a tired look.
“So was tonight.”
The corner of Ruth’s mouth moved. It was almost a smile.
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Daniel sat down for the first time since Henry arrived.
The cream sofa felt too soft beneath him.
